Lojze Peterle

Lojze Peterle (5 July 1948-) was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 16 May 1990 to 14 May 1992, succeeding Dusan Sinigoj and preceding Janez Drnovsek.

Biography
Lojze Peterle was born in Cuznja Vas, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia in 1948, and he was involved with a Christian left intellectual circle as a youth. He worked in urban planning in 1980s, and he became involved with Christian democratic politics during the 1990s. He was a member of the National Assembly of Slovenia from 1996 to 2004, and he served as Foreign Minister from 1993 to 1994 and in 2000. He also served as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1992, heading the Slovenian government at the time of the Ten-Day War with FR Yugoslavia. In 2004, he was elected as an MEP from the New Slovenia party.